Adam Friedman » Federal http://adamfriedman.org Let's Make Things Better, Together Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:01:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Globe: For freshman in Congress, focus is on raising money http://adamfriedman.org/government-corruption/globe-for-freshman-in-congress-focus-is-on-raising-money/ http://adamfriedman.org/government-corruption/globe-for-freshman-in-congress-focus-is-on-raising-money/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 15:09:43 +0000 Adam http://adamfriedman.org/?p=807 This recent Globe article provides a harrowing glimpse into the hours that should be devoted to crafting policy whiled away on raising money to preserve power. Want to do something about it? Support Lawrence Lessig’s MayDay PAC. – New members get the message quickly or they’re gone. It’s a fact of life in a gridlocked [...]

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